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USA. How OTPs Can Help Pain Patients With OUDS: SAMHSA
USA. How OTPs Can Help Pain Patients With OUDS: SAMHSA
Can opioid treatment programs (OTPs) help pain patients who no longer need opioids for pain? Absolutely, says Elinore F. McCance-Katz, MD, PhD, assistant secretary for mental health and substance use at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). “For overuse and misuse of pain medications over time, which may have been initiated for a pain condition—I definitely think there’s a role for OTPs in this,” she told AT Forum. (AT Forum, 18.01.2019)
http://atforum.com/2019/01/otps-help-pain-patients-ouds-samhsa/